https://groups.google.com/d/forum/comp.os.linux.powerpccomp.os.linux.powerpcLinux systems running on PowerPC microprocessors.Google GroupsAnt2015-03-16T22:11:41Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/ucqePJEKP5kWho is using Linux on a 15" Apple PowerBook G4 1 Ghz with 512 MB of RAM?How is it? Is it worth it with the (lat/new)est softwares? Thank you in advance. :) -- Quote of the Week: "..., you ready for a little dumpster diving?" "Um... okay." "You know I don't mind getting my hands dirty." "I mean, maggots, wet trash, I am the first one in." "Okay, so what are you waitmam...@gmail.com2015-02-07T15:32:52Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/nrTC2RKgIjklinux - 3.2.0-4-powerpc64 [Debian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy)] -- gcc only 32-bit pointers - how get 64-bit pointers?I am 'amazed' by the gcc compiler (picked up via apt-get install ...) It seems it is only giving 32-bit pointers. Let's assume I have done something wrong - please tell me what. "ptr.c" [New File] 9 lines, 181 characters written root@x066:/data/smoker/perl-blead# gcc -o ptr ptr.c root@x066:/Ant2015-01-18T22:12:11Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/nfHiznG5BQkLinux PowerPC on a very old PowerBook G4 1 Ghz with 512 MB of RAM?Hello. Is anyone running Linux on it? If so, then is it usuable like with Internet usage (e.g., web surfing), etc.? Thank you in advance. :) -- This worker ant will be unemployed after Friday, the 23rd, as of 1/15/2015 @ 11 AM PST. :( /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (PeStephen Harker2014-12-06T05:54:49Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/dqwNt4-BwxQfirefox 31.3 on yellow dog linux 6.2In case anyone is interested, I have just built the latest Centos 5 release firefox-31.3.0-4.el5.centos.src.rpm on yellowdog linux 6.2. The earlier firefox 31 releases built, but core dumped on startup. Firefox 31.3 builds and runs. It also builds and runs with webm enabled. I had to make onStephen Harker2014-08-02T06:54:10Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/CPZ30Hp7xnYfirefox 24.7 on yellow dog linuxIn case it is of use to anyone, the recent series of firefox 24 releases on Centos 5 were able to be built with no great issues with Yellow Dog Linux. The prerequisites I recall were python26 and python26-devel from epel and gcc44 from Centos 5. From that it was possible to build nss, nspr andraven2014-04-23T10:19:25Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/WERZgDiagA4Kernel libs: BRAM accessHi all I'm rewriting BRAM access program from microblaze to powerpc. Do anyone know library that can replace consistant _free function from microblaze. I have found DMA alloc/free function but it requaiers selecting device in function. Which I assume are for external devices. Any advice wouldjulianaw...@hotmail.com2014-03-15T10:32:08Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/aGIl_gfzbPIrevolutions, and civil wars could have been avoided had there beenunderstand us, Stephen. We will whip this baby out this weekend."Ennio-(Sr)2013-12-06T17:20:34Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/tvZoQVus-JYBluetooth mouse and keyboard disconnect after pauseHi all! My wireless Apple keyboard and mouse are not aumatically detected after being inactive for 15-20 minutes and must be paired again with the aid of a usb keyboard or an iPad (giving "hidd --search" from command line). This happens with: . Mac Mini PowerPC G4 mid 2005 1.42GHz . Lippc.addon2013-06-16T02:41:23Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/ojvQo1W-VUgCRUX PPC 3.0 releasedCRUX PPC 3.0 is now available. Toolchain ships with Graphite support (PPL backend) and also with LTO (Link Time Optimization). CRUX PPC 3.0 is released as two different archives: 32bit and 64bit. The 32bit version is based on a single lib toolchain instead the 64bit one comes with a multilibanda...@gmail.com2013-05-11T20:46:39Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/2D84M9JCkUQerror booting debian on openpower 710I performed a standard install of debian 7, using all of the default options, and a guided partition using the entire disk. Despite this, when I go to boot the machine, it stops booting with a kernel panic do to a failure to find /init. This appears to be an issue with the initrd image. Is theresa...@energi-tech.co.uk2013-02-28T10:23:51Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/JknDxvJYIQ8The UK Device Developers' ConferenceHi, this year will see the first UK Device Developers' Conference. It will take place in Bristol, Cambridge and Manchester - May 14th, 16th and 22nd. It will be free to engineers, project managers and students. There will be an exhibition of hardware, software, development tools etc - an agendKnutLange2012-10-08T16:23:50Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/AXZIRZvcqesTrouble with ATI Radeon driverHi, i have installed Lubuntu 12.04. on a Power Macintosh G4 AGP Graphics machine. The installation went well and i can start the graphical environment called LXDE Desktop. Now i got strange behavior when i launch an application like firefox. The Computer freezes and the kernel shows some messUmesh Kalappa2012-09-27T09:58:16Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/Im0zfHJ0bvUWhy SIGILL ???Pardon me to interpret you guys with my question. About SIGILL signal, According to wiki. On POSIX-compliant platforms, SIGILL is the signal sent to a process when it attempts to execute a malformed, unknown, or privileged instruction. The symbolic constant for SIGILL is defined in the signacanton2012-06-27T04:16:10Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/FKQlPDs-2WQTroubles with mounting firewire drivesHi there, I've ressurected my Powerbook G3 pismo and it's running 2.6.32-5-powerpc just great... except for mounting firewire drives. Anyone here who can help? When I plug in an external firewire drive, I see the following messages: Jun 26 21:49:14 debian kernel: [20282.231276] firewire_coreKevin Zedrick2012-02-12T15:41:37Zhttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/comp.os.linux.powerpc/cnmKi0brHVgDebian PowerPC - trouble backgrounding a processI'm porting an application from ARM architecture to PowerPC, which is going quite well. I've encountered an odd problem with some open source code I'm using - a daemon process won't background as it should. After comparing the process's system calls, it looks like the PowerPC binary is not calli